An Australian in China

by George Ernest Morrison

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TO

JOHN CHIENE, M.D.,

F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S.E., ETC.,
PROFESSOR OF SURGERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,
WHO GAVE ME BACK THE POWER OF LOCOMOTION.
I GRATEFULLY
INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME.

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CONTENTS.

	CHAPTER I.	PAGES
	Introductory—Mainly about Missionaries and the Cityof Hankow	[1-11]
	CHAPTER II.
	From Hankow to Wanhsien, with some Account ofChinese Women and the Rapids of the Yangtse	[12-23]
	CHAPTER III.
	The City of Wanhsien, and the Journey from WanhsienTo Chungking	[24-34]
	CHAPTER IV.
	The City of Chungking—The Chinese Customs—Thefamous Monsieur Haas, and a few Words onthe Opium Fallacy	[35-49]
	CHAPTER V.
	The Journey from Chungking to Suifu—Chinese Inns	[50-62]
	CHAPTER VI.
	The City of Suifu—The China Inland Mission, withsome general Remarks about Missionaries in China	[63-75]
	CHAPTER VII.
	Suifu to Chaotong, with some Remarks on theProvince of Yunnan—Chinese Porters, PostalArrangements, and Banks	[76-96]
	CHAPTER VIII.
	The City of Chaotong, with some Remarks on itsPoverty, Infanticide, Selling Female Childreninto Slavery, Tortures, and the Chinese Insensibilityto Pain	[97-106]
	CHAPTER IX.
	Mainly about Chinese Doctors	[107-114]
	CHAPTER X.
	The Journey from Chaotong to Tongchuan	[115-124]
	CHAPTER XI.
	The City of Tongchuan, with some Remarks uponInfanticide	[125-134]
	CHAPTER XII.
	Tongchuan to Yunnan City	[135-147]
	CHAPTER XIII.
	At Yunnan City	[148-157]
	CHAPTER XIV.
	Gold, Banks, and Telegraphs in Yunnan	[158-170]
	CHAPTER XV.
	The French Mission and the Arsenal in Yunnan City	[171-182]
	CHAPTER XVI.
	The Journey from Yunnan City to Talifu	[183-201]
	CHAPTER XVII.
	The City of Tali—Prisons—Poisoning—Plagues andMissions	[202-217]
	CHAPTER XVIII.
	The Journey from Tali, with some Remarks on theCharacter of the Cantonese, Chinese Emigrants,Cretins, and Wife-beating in China	[218-232]
	CHAPTER XIX.
	The Mekong and Salween Rivers—How to Travelin China	[233-243]
	CHAPTER XX.
	The City of Tengyueh—The Celebrated WunthoSawbwa—Shan Soldiers	[244-259]
	CHAPTER XXI.
	The Shan Town of Santa, and Manyuen, the Sceneof Consul Margary's Murder	[260-269]
	CHAPTER XXII.
	China as a Fighting Power—The Kachins—And theLast Stage into Bhamo	[270-281]
	CHAPTER XXIII.
	Bhamo, Mandalay, Rangoon, and Calcutta	[282-291]

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